i need legal advise regarding workplace sexual harrassment?

Question

i was subjected to seeing a patient masturbing during his shower i was truly appalled informed my boss she spoke with him he then confronted me about inapporpate behavior which i refused to discuss with him nothing is being done to stop this

Answer 1

A union would be good for this situation but if you do not have a union then I would suggest going to citizen's advice beau, or perhaps going to their web site where they have live chats that can sometimes be a useful place to start.

Although they will not be able to give you very much advice they will be able to tell you if you have a case, what area's to look into within the law (i.e. it may not fall under sexual harassment, but fall under something else within work law), they will be able to suggest specialists in the area for you to take the issue further.

Oh, and they will be able to tell you what to do next - you may have to send a letter of complaint to your bosses before you can go any further, in other words go through the correct formal complaints procedure. As much of a pain this is, mostly because it can create issues in work, you wouldn't have a leg to stand on if you did take this further unless you can show you tried to get something done about it yourself at work.

This does make it a lot easier to approach a lawyer as you know who to go to and what to discuss in regards to your options.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Is the patient in need of direct care where you or another staff has to shower him? That's the question. The reason being, and please keep in mind your work environment, if your patient is a hospital patient as opposed to a resident at a home, then that's different. You can talk to Human Resources and find out what your options are. Human Resources has something called an "open door policy", where they are there to help you comfront any issues related to work and sometimes even personal. I don't agree with flipping out and getting a lawyer, that's a little exreme. But, I would possibly file a "written complaint" against the patient, but I would also have this addressed w/your supervisor's manager. Get some other people involved in the right places. Take the correct course of action, because any other way to handle this (like a lawyer) might turn ugly for you. First HR and go in there w/a confident and determined attitude that you want something done about this without being agressive... always maintain a professional approach with work ethics. Good luck. (don't give up.)

Answer 3

Your question actually raised several issues that you didn't address. The person masturbating, was he a patient in a medical hospital or a mental hospital? Was he masturbating for personal sexual release and you just happened upon him or was he masturbating and directing his actions toward you? When you were contacted, who was the one alleged to have been acting inappropriately?

Answer 4

No. Who might you be sexually harassing? The definition of SH is a few thing like "undesirable sexual advances". i would be unable to work out how fragrance might element into that. yet, I would desire to declare, heavy perfumes and aftershaves are rather stressful to others trapped in an workplace ecosystem. Even my church has a "fragrance unfastened" provider because of the fact the overdosing of scents supplies human beings issues.

Answer 5

Go see a lawyer you have been subject to an uncomfortable work environment . We no longer have to put up with that. Get a lawyer and get yourself a new job. Leave the morons and the sickos at your old job together.

Answer 6

are you in a union, if so that's a great place to start. Otherwise I would talk to your local labor board - depends on where you live, where are you?